Interviewer
Don Oberdorfer
Files
Description
Mike Mansfield talks about his wife, Maureen Hayes Mansfield’s, early life and how he met her when he moved to Butte to attend the School of Mines. Mansfield shifts to talking about his travels in China, recalling the interesting people and places he experienced during the trips. He also remembers visiting Chinese diplomat Chou En Lai in 1974. They also discuss Mansfield’s trip to China in 1922 while he was in the Marines. Mansfield describes a ‘warlord China’ that was prone to internal conflict. Mansfield also describes the process he went through to visit China during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Mansfield, Maureen Hayes, 1905-2000; Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001—Interviews; Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001—Marriage; Oberdorfer, Don. Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great Statesman and Diplomat; Americans—China; Ex-legislators—United States—Interviews; Senators, United States Congress—Montana; China—Description and travel
Original Date
8-18-1999
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana; China; Japan; Vietnam
Language
eng
Original Collection
Don Oberdorfer Interviews with Mike Mansfield Oral History Project, OH 391, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 391-009
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (22 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
65 minutes
Local Filename
OH_391_009.mp3; OH_391_009.pdf
Citation
Mansfield, Mike, "Mike Mansfield Interview, August 18, 1999" (1999). Don Oberdorfer Interviews with Mike Mansfield Oral History Project. 7.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mansfield_interviews/7